Thousands marched in St Louis on behalf of Michael Brown and against thug violence. Fortunately, this time the thugs did not engage in more violence against the protesters.

Dozens of poor countries are in danger of sliding into a debt crisis.

Many of these debts were more or less imposed by outside pressure and accepted by rulers that were tyrants or traitors. Those debts should be considered entirely invalid.

A Japanese reporter in Korea faces 7 years imprisonment for reporting the existence of a rumor about the president.

Did you think it must be North Korea, which is of course a total tyranny? Sad to say, it is South Korea.

If the report was false — if the rumor did not exist — it might be legitimate to sue the reporter for claiming it did. However, nothing can justify prosecution for an insult. Freedom of speech means having the right to insult everyone, even President Park, even me, even you.

The damage to coral reefs from CO₂ could amount to a trillion dollars annually in losses to humanity, by the end of this century.

Obama pretends that the US military budget has suffered intolerable cuts.